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Future-Proof Business Starters

4 points by dueprocess 12y ago

philbarr 12y ago
My initial thoughts are: - Exclusive rights to the brand name. [You mean you invented the name and you're going to let me use it?] - Ownership of dot-com domain. [£3/year] - Professionally designed logo. [search for "logo" on google, find one you like, try and copy in Inkscape like I did [1]. It's not gonna be brilliant but it will probably be as good as the ones shown and you can change it later when you're earning £££'s] - One page business plan. [Download a business plan template, fill in the questions. Fair enough though, this guy might be a genius at this stuff but I'd need to know a LOT more before spending $500] - One hour personal consultation. [I can talk business-y stuff for an hour too. Especially if I've got a one page business plan I can go through point by point.] And let's say that the person selling these is a professional entreprenuer with the correct experience, and that these are a bargain because you're going to get invaluable advice on starting up. Well - he/she hasn't done a very good job of conveying that on the site itself....? [1] - http://simplyapped.com/ http://simplyapped.com/ (haven't finished this site yet by the way)
- rtx 12y ago
  About your second point. That's the domain renewal fees not the acquisition cost.
  - philbarr 12y ago
    All you have to do is pick a domain that isn't currently being used. A quick check on namecheap.com and I can have: priorpermission.com priorconsent.org priorconsent.me all for < £10
mtrimpe 12y ago
Very cute; but the pricing seems a bit low. I'd expect your support, your backing, your advice. You're never going to fit a good logo design + domain name + advice in there for that little money. For example; I own videoview.com, with a cute matching logo (http://howtowriteabusinessplan.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/video-view1-300x33.png http://howtowriteabusinessplan.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/0... ,) which I'd be interested to hand over because of a trademark dispute for the exact thing we were using it for (recruitment video interviews.) I'm pretty sure you can create a successful business off of that domain, but there's no way in hell it'd go for $500.
wizawuza 12y ago
Isn't this kinda like the patent troll concept?

4 points by dueprocess 12y ago

My initial thoughts are: - Exclusive rights to the brand name. [You mean you invented the name and you're going to let me use it?] - Ownership of dot-com domain. [£3/year] - Professionally designed logo. [search for "logo" on google, find one you like, try and copy in Inkscape like I did [1]. It's not gonna be brilliant but it will probably be as good as the ones shown and you can change it later when you're earning £££'s] - One page business plan. [Download a business plan template, fill in the questions. Fair enough though, this guy might be a genius at this stuff but I'd need to know a LOT more before spending $500] - One hour personal consultation. [I can talk business-y stuff for an hour too. Especially if I've got a one page business plan I can go through point by point.] And let's say that the person selling these is a professional entreprenuer with the correct experience, and that these are a bargain because you're going to get invaluable advice on starting up. Well - he/she hasn't done a very good job of conveying that on the site itself....? [1] - http://simplyapped.com/ http://simplyapped.com/ (haven't finished this site yet by the way)

rtx 12y ago
About your second point. That's the domain renewal fees not the acquisition cost.
- philbarr 12y ago
  All you have to do is pick a domain that isn't currently being used. A quick check on namecheap.com and I can have: priorpermission.com priorconsent.org priorconsent.me all for < £10

mtrimpe 12y ago

Very cute; but the pricing seems a bit low. I'd expect your support, your backing, your advice. You're never going to fit a good logo design + domain name + advice in there for that little money. For example; I own videoview.com, with a cute matching logo (http://howtowriteabusinessplan.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/video-view1-300x33.png http://howtowriteabusinessplan.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/0... ,) which I'd be interested to hand over because of a trademark dispute for the exact thing we were using it for (recruitment video interviews.) I'm pretty sure you can create a successful business off of that domain, but there's no way in hell it'd go for $500.

wizawuza 12y ago

Isn't this kinda like the patent troll concept?